In 2015, the UK’s Met Office (their national meteorological service), as part of a partnership with similar agencies and groups in Ireland and the Netherlands, started naming significant storms that impacted their region. For centuries, experts and governments have named tropical cyclones—a category of storm that (for this purpose) includes typhoons, hurricanes, tropical storms, and cyclones, depending on their scale and location—usually to make it easier to discuss powerful storms.
Named Storms
Named Storms
Named Storms
In 2015, the UK’s Met Office (their national meteorological service), as part of a partnership with similar agencies and groups in Ireland and the Netherlands, started naming significant storms that impacted their region. For centuries, experts and governments have named tropical cyclones—a category of storm that (for this purpose) includes typhoons, hurricanes, tropical storms, and cyclones, depending on their scale and location—usually to make it easier to discuss powerful storms.